Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Spain
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
French Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
triste
  
Me fal
  
Bye
adiós
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Español
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Not Available
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
albanais
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic